Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 26, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1977 at Exhibition Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 8, Toronto Blue Jays 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 1 1 0
  Murray cf,lf 2 0 0 0
Scott 2b 4 2 1 0
Page lf 4 2 2 3
  Mallory pr 0 0 0 0
  Alexander cf 0 0 0 0
Tabb 1b 5 0 0 1
Williams dh 5 1 2 1
Sanguillen c 5 0 3 1
Gross 3b 4 0 2 0
Tyrone rf 4 1 1 0
Picciolo ss 5 1 1 1
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Torrealba p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 13 7
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Staggs 2b 5 0 0 0
Woods lf 5 2 2 0
Howell 3b 4 1 1 0
Fairly 1b,rf 3 0 2 2
Rader dh 4 0 0 0
Ewing rf 1 0 0 0
  Ault ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Torres ss 4 0 0 0
Cerone c 4 0 0 0
Bowling cf 4 1 1 1
Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 7 3
Oakland 003 203 0008132
Toronto 200 020 000473
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford   4.1 5 4 2 2 4
  Torrealba  W (4-4) 4.2 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
2
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd  L (2-8) 3.0 7 5 2 3 1
  Willis   2.1 3 3 3 2 2
  Johnson   3.2 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
8
5
5
5

  E–Scott (15), Gross (19), A Woods (6), Howell (12), Torres (10).  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Oakland Sanguillen (11,off Byrd); Page (25,off Willis), Toronto Howell (11,off Torrealba); Ault (18,off Torrealba).  3B–Oakland Tyrone (1,off Byrd).  HR–Toronto Bowling (1,5th inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Scott (3,off Willis).  SB–Scott (20,2nd base off Byrd/Cerone).  WP–Langford (4), Byrd (2).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Fred Spenn, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:40.  A–22,536.
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